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ID Name Province Era Mei
MOT19 Motohiro Sagami Chōroku (1457-1460)
相州住元廣
sōshū ju motohiro
MOT191 Motoharu Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
新保基治作
shinbo motoharu saku
MOT192 Motohira Bizen Ōhō (1161-1163)
備前國基平
bizen kuni motohira
MOT203 Motomasa Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船基正
bishū osafune motomasa
MOT210 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
長船住左兵衛尉基光
osafune ju sabejō motomitsu
MOT210 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備州長船住基光
bishū osafune ju motomitsu
MOT210 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備前國長船左兵衛尉基光
bizen kuni osafune sabejō motomitsu
MOT211 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備州長船住基光
bishū osafune ju motomitsu
MOT211 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備前國長船住基光
bizen kuni osafune ju motomitsu
MOT211 Motomitsu Bizen Kōei (1342-1345) ND
備前國長船左兵衛尉基光
bizen kuni osafune sabejō motomitsu
MOT22 Motohiro Satsuma Bunka (1804-1818)
薩陽士奥元寛
satsuyō-shi oku motohiro
MOT22 Motohiro Satsuma Bunka (1804-1818)
薩陽臣奥平元寛
satsuyō-shin okuhira motohiro
MOT22 Motohiro Satsuma Bunka (1804-1818)
薩幡臣奥六郎元寛
satsuban-shin okurokurō motohiro
MOT23 Motohisa Aichi Shōwa (1926-1989)
三河國住藤原元久
mikawa kuni ju fujiwara motohisa
MOT28 Motoie Bizen Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
備州長船元家
bishū osafune motoie
MOT28 Motoie Bizen Eitoku (1381-1384) ND
備前國住元家
bizen kuni ju motoie
MOT42 Motokiyo Suō Eishō (1504-1521)
二王元清作
niō motokiyo saku
MOT43 Motokiyo Yamato Genō (1319-1321)
大和元清
yamato motokiyo
MOT45 Motokiyo Yamato Bunki (1501-1504)
和州南都住金房元清
washū nanto ju kanabō motokiyo
MOT46 Motokiyo Yamato Genki (1570-1573)
和州南都住金房元清
washū nanto ju kanabō motokiyo
MOT6 Motochika Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
武州於駒橋元近作
bushū oite komabashi motochika saku
MOT6 Motochika Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
相州住元近
sōshū ju motochika
MOT6 Motochika Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
元近作
motochika saku
MOT6 Motochika Sagami Tenmon (1532-1555)
元近
motochika
MOT65 Motomitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備州長船元光
bishū osafune motomitsu
MOT65 Motomitsu Bizen Meiō (1492-1501)
備前長船元光
bizen osafune motomitsu
MOT72 Motomune Iwashiro Bunka (1804-1818)
奥州会津住元宗
ōshū aizu ju motomune
MOT74 Motonaga Settsu Kyōwa (1801-1804)
攝州住青木照進平元長
sesshū ju aoki terunishin taira motonaga
MOT74 Motonaga Settsu Kyōwa (1801-1804)
尾州住元長
bishū ju motonaga
MOT75 Motonaga Owari Genji (1864-1865)
尾州名古屋住信直
bishū nagoya ju nobunao
MOT77 Motonaga Yamashiro Tenpō (1830-1844)
攝州住青木照之進元長
sesshū ju aoki terunoshin motonaga
MOT79 Motonao Satsuma Kanen (1748-1751)
薩州住平元直作
sashū ju taira motonao saku
MOT86 Motooki Iwashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
角元興
sumi motooki
MOT86 Motooki Iwashiro Kansei (1789-1801)
角大八元興作之
sumi ōhachi motooki saku kore
MOT87 Motooki Iwashiro Bunsei (1818-1830)
松軒入道元興造之
shōken nyudō motooki tsukuru kore
MOT87 Motooki Iwashiro Bunsei (1818-1830)
大和守源朝臣秀國
yamato no kami minamoto ason hidekuni
MOT90 Motosada Satsuma Jokyō (1684-1688)
薩州住元貞
sashū ju motosada
MOT95 Motozane Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
筑後國光世元眞作
chikugo kuni mitsuyo motozane saku
MOT95 Motozane Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
筑後國元眞
chikugo kuni motozane
MOT95 Motozane Chikugo Jōhō (1074-1077)
筑後國光世
chikugo kuni mitsuyo
MUN105 Munehisa Bungo Ōei (1394-1428)
豊後國住人宗久作
bungo kuni junin munehisa saku
MUN12 Muneari Musashi Ansei (1854-1860)
青山住宗有
aoyama ju muneari
MUN122 Muneie Izumo Tenmei (1781-1789)
大明京宗家
daiminkin muneie
MUN13 Muneari Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
於江府宗有
oite efu muneari
MUN13 Muneari Mutsu Genji (1864-1865)
於清山宗有
oite seiyama muneari
MUN134 Munekatsu Shimotsuke Tensho (1573-1592)
宗勝
munekatsu
MUN146 Munekiyo Wakasa Kōsho (1455-1457)
若州住宗清
jakushū ju munekiyo
MUN153 Munekuni Etchū Eishō (1504-1521)
宇多宗國
uda munekuni
MUN155 Munekuni Hizen Ansei (1854-1860)
肥州大村住宗國
hishū ōmura ju munekuni
MUN156 Munekuni Musashi Kanei (1624-1644)
武州下原住宗國
bushū shimohara ju munekuni